Rob,
Sending in some artwork for a future Tii episode.
4 generations of iPhone's (iPhone 5 and 5S make the 'T,' a white iPhone 4S for the first 'i' and a black iPhone 4 for the second 'i') make up this artwork with a couple of iOS 7 inspired circles to top it off.
I used the following apps:
A+ Signature - to add the circles
Snapseed to clean up and crop the image a bit
Regards,
Tim, WI
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Transcript for Episode 285
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0009 - Apple - iPhone 5s & iPhone 5c Arrive in Italy, Russia, Spain & More Than 25 Countries on Friday, October 25
For many of you not in the initial grouping of countries the iPhone 5S was released to - Good News - 35 additional countries will be getting the 5S and also the 5C on Friday October 25th. And then 16 more countries including Albania will get them on November 1st. So by November 1st the iPhone 5S and 5C will be available in 60 countries over all.
I am not going to read off all 51 of the countries - because well some of you may be driving and I don't want anyone to fall asleep. But If you are in a country that does not yet have the iPhone 5S and you are waiting with baited breath - then go look for the link in the show notes for ep 285 titled - iPhone 5s in 51 More countries by Nov 1st -
Hi Rob,
I've been a listener since 2007.
Wanted to remind the caller from the #284 that both the Tyson Corner, VA and Glendale, CA Apple stores opened on the same day. Guess I have to represent the East Coast! Maybe it's a tie on which is the "original"?
Love your show, thanks for all you do.
Regards,
Tracy M
Hi Rob,
Last episode a caller stated that the Glendale Apple Store was the first. This is not true. The very first Apple Store opened in McLean, VA at the Tysons Corner Mall. The Glendale store opened 3 hours later. Just saying…
About the Tysons Corner Apple store:
— The first Apple store opened at 10 a.m. ET on May 19, 2001, at Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va.
— The second Apple store opened three hours later, at 10 a.m. PT at the Glendale Galleria in Southern California.
Regards.
--Isaiah
Hi Tracy and Isaiah - Thanks for the follow up on that. I should have known that. I think I did know that at one point. Well I know it again now. At least until I forget it again. But either way - both stores opened on the same day at the same local time - but that mean the Tysons corner store was open for 3hrs by the time 10:00 AM PT rolled around.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/technology/personaltech/making-ios-7-more-readable.html?partner=yahoofinance&_r=1&
Lets talk about making text more readable in iOS7 for those that were born prior to 1972 olympics.
First there are two things you want to do
1. Go to Settings --> General --> accessibility - Then turn on Bold Text - which will then result in a reboot of your iOS device.
When it comes back - you will see a nice increase in girth for the fonts on your iOS device.
2. Go back to Settings --> General --> Accessibility --> Increase Contrast - and then toggle on Contrast.
Finally if you want to increase the text size in some of the apps - go to Settings --> General - Then text size - and change the size of the text - this will be really noticeable in the Email preview and in the email itself.
Personally I found going to Bold was good enough for me and I actually reduced the font size on notch.
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0012 - Having trouble with iMessage or FaceTime on iOS 7? Here's how to fix it! | iMore
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Hi Rob,
I just recently upgraded one iPhone 5 to iOS7 and bought 3 new iPhone 5s'. Only had this issue with one of the 5s but this fixed it. Just thought I'd pass it along.
http://www.imore.com/having-trouble-imessage-or-facetime-ios-7-heres-how-fix-it
Regards,
Don from Guntersville, AL
Thanks Don - and this is a list from iMore.
They suggest one of three ways to fix the issue with FaceTime or iMessage.
1. Is simply turn FaceTime or iMessage off and then back on in the Settings app.
In the Settings app go to FaceTime or Messages - tap on them and then toggle off and back on the switch for each.
If that does not work
Option 2 is to Hard Reboot your iOS device.
That is where you Hold down the Power button and home button at the same time. Once you see the apple logo appear lift off the buttons.
Then if it still is not working - repeat from Option 1 - turning off and back on FaceTime and iMessage in the settings app.
And then if that does not work - Option 3 - which is really what I would call option 1 - Go to the settings app - then to general - then to Reset - and then to you guessed is - Reset network settings.
Once the device reboots - make sure to re-connect your wifi. Confirm wifi is working and then try FaceTime and iMessage.
Wondering how many people with issues are ones that when updating to iOS 7 - did not do the reset network settings prior to the update. Just sayin.
0012 - Having Trouble Sending iOS 7 Messages? Apple has a Fix on the Way - The Mac Observer
Now I should note - Apple has commented about the iMessage slash FaceTime bug affecting a small % of users - and they likely will have a fix sooner rather than later.
In the mean time their advice is essentially refer to some docs - that tell you to basically do what iMore and others including me are saying - Reset Network Settings. The Control Alt Delete of iOS . As in it fixes so many little glitches.
http://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-5s-motion-sensors-are-totally-screwed-up-1440286727
Recently I commented on the built in Level for iOS 7 and pondered why Apple would hide it inside the Compass app and not mention it.
Well now we have one possible answer - on the iPhone 5S - it is not calibrated correctly for some unknown number slash % of units. I noticed this when first playing with my iPhone 5S and saw that on my desk it was saying it has a 3 degree slant - which I thought was odd. Well now Gizmodo is reporting that it is the iPhone 5S with the slant and not my desk. And you know what they are right - I put an iPhone 4S and and iPhone 4 - on my desk and checked the desk - and both said it was level as in 0 degrees - but there right between them my iPhone 5S still said there was a 3 degree list. And now the mystery behind the hidden level is revealed - Apple did not want anyone to actually use it and see how off it is for some iPhone 5S owners - like me.
Although some have reported bringing their iPhone 5S with this issue into their local apple store and have been handed a replacement. I actually made a Genius bar appointment with Apple about my iPhone 5S - and when I went to the Apple store - I was told they are not replacing the iPhones with this issue - that a patch is coming soon - and that they had just heard about this issue mid week at the leawood store and when they went and checked -- ALL their display iPhones were off by 3 degrees just like mine. The Apple employee told me nothing to do now - just sit tight and wait for the patch. So that is what I will say to you if you have an iPhone 5S with this issue. Sit tight and wait - and well don't hang any pictures or book shelves using your iPhone 5S as the level for the time being.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7187/looking-at-cpugpu-benchmark-optimizations-galaxy-s-4
Remember back to Ep 279 - And the article from Anandtech that I mentioned - come on think quick. Yeah well seems most in the Tech Press forgot too. As that article was about Sammy turning it up to 11 when the S4 detected a benchmark test. Or put another simpler way Samsung just being a bunch of liars trying to juice benchmark test and there by deceive the general population. Well I guess since it was Sammy - and sammy is so in bed with google - the tech press gave them a pass - everyone seems to have forgotten about it - so much so Ars Technica is claiming they just discovered this 2 months later.
By the way back then in Ep 279 I said the following: Quote
Whether it be the CPU or the GPU - you can't trust the results for any bench mark tests for the S4 - because they over optimized for those tests - and as such do not give real world comparisons. So any and all Benchmark tests that the iPhone 5S runs in September - and then is compared to the S4 - yeah take them with a big big grain of salt. unquote
So Yeah - when we talked about the 5S smoking - destroying - killing - obliterating the S4 in benchmark test - those results were against a juiced up S4. Yeah - Puts the innovation of the A7 64 Bit processor and iOS 7 into an even better perspective.
0012 - Android's dirty little benchmark secret and why it won't happen on the iPhone
Now Anadtech and others are also reporting it is not just Sammy that are juicing their benchmark results. Seems almost all the Android manufacturers - save Google are doing this. So Yes any benchmark results from Sammy, HTC and LG - yeah they are BS. And not BS as in Bob Saggat - but BS as in what comes out the back end of a bull. ONCE Again - this needs to be stated strongly - APPLE did NOT repeat NOT juice their units. And to be fair - Google did not either with their MotoX and Nexus units. But that also explains why when looking at the Benchmark results - the 5S - totally destroyed the Moto and Nexus units - but then again - it did destroy the juiced units as well. But really the gap between the iPhone 5S and the android world is best viewed when looking at the big gap between the 5S and the MotoX for benchmark test.
Now can we really say we are surprised of such shenanigans to put it nicely from the Android phone makers - Nope - not at all.
Apple rules, Android drools for responsive tablet touchscreens | Macworld
One set of tests Android Phone Makers have definitely not found out how to cheat on yet - are the responsiveness of the touchscreen tests.
Hey want to guess who the big winners were - Well judging by my chipper tone - you would be guessing it is iOS devices - and you would be most certainly correct.
First lets talk about Tablets - the iPad mini was actually the top of the heap with an avg responsiveness time of 75 milliseconds. That is how long from when you touch to when there is a response on the screen os some sort. The 4th gen iPad was second with an avg time of 81 mili secs.
The Surface RT had a very respectable 3rd with an avg of 95 milisecs.
The Kindle Fire HD 2013 - was the top of the heap for Androids with a 114 Milisec time.
Then the nexus 7 at 135 milisecs and the Sammy Galaxy tab 3 8.0 with a time of 168 milisecs.
By the way the eye can notice changes down to about 10 milisecs - so that the Galaxy tab was almost 100 milisecs more delayed than the iPad mini - is a big big deal - as all the Android tablets will seem very laggy if you are used to using an iPad. Which is true for me - any time I try out an android device - I clearly notice that its responses to my touch - are well more icey then a scorned lover.
iPhone screen is twice as fast as S4 or any Android phone | CNET UK
Taking these touch testing to a smaller screen resulted in pretty much the same thing. iPhones rule - Android's devices drool.
Note these tests were not done an the 5S - but were done when the 5 was the top of the line.
The iPhone 5 had an average response time of 72 milisecs. The iPhone 4 was in at 92 milisecs. The S4 was in at 114 milisecs, the Lumia 928 - at 117, the HTC one at 121 and the motoX at 123 milisecs.
Again iPhones to the winners circle.
Again they have not tested the iPhone 5S yet - but they did say those tests are coming soon. We will talk more about this in the future.
But for now there is one clear message from the results - if you are into games - that require good touch response - then iOS devices are for you.
And if you are used to iOS device - going to Android devices - there is going to be touch lag you need to deal with mentally.
However going from Android to iOS - things should seem much more snappy and responsive.
How to Add More than Five Fingerprints to iPhone 5s TouchID
Previously we had a caller talking about on the touch ID to make it more accurate - you would create 5 fingerprint profiles for the same finger. Well now comes word of the opposite being possible - where you can use multiple fingers in a single profile.
You could use both thumbs on one profile and both index fingers for the next and so on - getting all 10 of your fingers in there for the 5 profiles.
Some have done even more than 2 fingers per profile - and supposedly the accuracy is still very good.
What you do when you are adding a fingerprint - is when you do the multi tap part - you just switch between fingers.
Personally I am just sticking with one for each thumb and just one thumb per profile and one for my wife. And that is it.
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0015 - Grey AT&T iPhone 5S Availability
There is a nice site called iphone-check.herokuapp.com
Where you put in your zip code - and it shows you the Apple stores closest to you and some kind of close - and what the availability is of iPhone 5S's
So if you want to see if your 64 GB Gold iPhone 5S for AT&T is available at the local Apple store or the one 6 hours away - you can now do it. I kind of think it is cruel to know that at the leawood store 8 minutes away there is nothing - but at the mall of america 8 hours away - there is my precious Gold iPhone 5S for AT&T. ROAD TRIP. Oh wait - and now it is gone.
Just look for the link in the show notes titled - iPhone 5S availability checker - over at today in iOS dot com for ep 285.
What is iOS 7's AirDrop? Seven things you need to know Metro.us
On the last episode for saving battery life I gave a bakers dozen of tips that if used should greatly improve battery life.
As an FYI - I had an iPhone 4 running iOS 7 and an iPhone 4S running iOS 6.1.2 and I had charged them both up to 100% and then removed and let them sit around in standby mode. After 11 days basically not using the 4S at all - and just using the 4 as a calculator and to check the level a couple of times. Well the iPhone 4 running iOS 7 had 73 % of charge left - while the 4S running iOS 6.1.2 only had 21 % of charge left. So again if you are loosing more then just a few % of charge at night - something is not set right - with iOS 7. My experience is iOS 7 is better on battery life than iOS 6 - if you set things up correctly.
One of the items I did mention turning off is AirDrop - and I have had a few people email in asking about AirDrop and what you can and can not do with it. Especially questions with regards to using AirDrop between your iOS device and you Mac. Here is what Apple has to say about that quote AirDrop for iOS supports only iOS 7 devices. You cannot use AirDrop on iOS to share with OS X, and OS X users can't use AirDrop to share with iOS devices. unquote
So For now at least - You can not use AirDrop between your iOS device and you mac. Only between your iOS devices. Not sure if Mavericks will fix this issue - I hope it does - but for now - pre-Mavericks - It is just iOS to iOS device.
Some more info on AirDrop - For those that have no idea what it is - it is a way to share photos, videos and other files between for now iOS devices quickly and easily. Bluetooth and Wifi are both used to connect and transfer files. File transfer is very quick.
However as it used both bluetooth and wifi - you do need to be close to the other person to transfer - but not so close you need to bump them.
Essentially how it works from the end users perspective - is you select the file or files you want to transfer - then select the user or users you want to transfer them to - and they then either accept or deny the request. If they accept it starts to transfer right away.
You can also choose when turning on Airdrop to allow Everyone and that means anyone to see you to share with. OR just those in your contacts list.
Airdrop is a nice feature when you need to use it - but it is one I recommend you keep off until you are in need of it - as it is limited in range - if the person that wants to transfer a file is close enough to transfer said file - they are also close enough to yell at you to ask you turn it on. Obviously in a business environment - that might not be the best idea if you are in a meeting and your work mates are wanting to send you a butt crack shot of the boss bending over at the copier or worse a pic of your bosses Wale tale and your boss is a he. But in most cases a simple a hey turn on airdrop verbal request will be fine.
A simple guide for Android to iPhone/iOS switchers | Computerworld Blogs
Jonny Evans had a nice post for you former or soon to be former Android suffers who just did or are about to switch over to the light side - known as iOS 7. He goes over how to move over your contacts, your calendar items, Your Media, and Your music, plus some info about Googles Apps on the iOS side.
I will not get into the specifics of the article out of fear of boring those of us fortunate enough to not have been subjected to the lagy fragmented Malware existence known as Android - but for those of you making the move - look for the article in the show notes for Ep 285 titled - A simple guide for Android to iPhone/iOS switchers
And well congrats on the move - you are now among friends.
Hi Rob,
I'd like to remind you of my first comments to Today in iPhone way back after Apple lowered the price by $100 after so many of us had purchased the very first iPhone. I wrote you and said I'd like to Salute Steve Jobs, I'll let him guess which finger I'm using!
Being the long supporting fan of your podcast I downloaded Candy Crush from the tii web site and now I'd like to salute you Rob. You sick sadistic person. Level 140? I think if you put that obsession down we'd get weekly updates. I'm stuck on level 30, my eyes are bloodshot, friends are whispering behind my back and I'm thinking of joining the local 12 step program.
Signed 'Determined to get to 31!!'
Steve R
Hi Rob.
I love your show. I'm in level 67 in candy crush.
Regards,
Boss in Nigeria
Hi Rob,
Per Candy Crush - Damn You - I'm Addicted Now.
Thanks
Tash in Australia
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John - just tap on he center of the photo - the white bars will go away.
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Hi Rob,
As a workaround for the listener who wanted to easily shuffle all songs in a genre but couldn't find the button in IOS 7, you can ask Siri and Siri will do it.
Kind regards,
Danny from London England
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Hi Rob,
In the latest podcast you mentioned callers had to be in your contacts
to be blocked. I have been blocking random numbers all week and none
of them are in my contacts
Regards,
Jesse H
Thank to Dick and Jesse and a FEW others that let me know - you do not need to have a call in your contacts to block it - you can also block calls in your recent call list. And it can be for incoming or out going calls.
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Hi Rob, still loving the show and the recent debates on innovation and screen size. The spooky music issue made me smile. I use only an ipad 3, and ipod touch 5, and wouldn't mind a bigger screen on my ipod but that's not why I mailed. I love the ease of asking Siri to wake me up in the morning, it's so convenient, but I'm now oversleeping almost everyday because the new alarm sound in Ios 7 is so gentle, almost relaxing. I can't find anything in settings to change the sound to something more 'alarming'. So I've now lost a great feature in IOS 6 and am now forced to use a 3rd party app to MANUALLY set a more 'rooster' like alarm. How did the guys at Apple make such an obvious mistake? The internet is showing others complaining about this but can find no solution. Do you or any of your listeners know a workaround? Many thanks,
Geoff, London.
Hi Geoff,
First per a larger screen on the iPod Touch - Apple already has an offering - the iPad Mini. Just Sayin.
Second per the alarms - I agree with you that the new ones just don't cut it for us heavy sleepers - which is why I went back to the original alarm - which you can do as well - by scrolling down in the ringtone options until you get to classic and tap there and then choose quote alarm unquote - which is the old classic - wake you out of a dead sleep alarm from iOS 6 and earlier. Hope that helped.
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Hi Rob,
This is for the gentleman who found he could not access iTunes Radio from the music app in iOS 7. I had the same issue. If you are logged into an iTunes account outside of the US App Store then you cannot see or use iTunes Radio. To get this feature you must quit the music app, log out of your iTunes account, and log in to an iTunes account using a US iTunes account. Then it will give you a pop up saying that this account is only valid for purchases in the US App Store and it will automatically switch you to the US store. Then relaunch the music app and iTunes Radio will now be available to you.
Regards,
Mike
Hi Rob,
Some people have complained about iTunes Radio not doing explicit lyrics, well I just discovered that if you hit the little "i" with the circle above it at the top center of the screen it gives you options and one of those is to turn on explicit with a slider. Didn't know of this was common knowledge but it was new to me and I wanted to share
Regards,
Jason H
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Apple - iPhone - iPhone 4s Tips and Tricks
Apple is trying to help you with your user experience with your iPhone 4S, 5C and 5S running iOS 7. They put up three different articles - for Tips and Tricks - one article for each of the phones.
These are nice articles for those looking to get more out of their iOS 7 experience - many of these items have been mentioned on the show - back during the reviews of the betas or since the release - but some may be new to you. They go over a limited number of tips for Photography, Swipe Gestures, Maps, Siri and more. Look for the links titled - iPhone 4S or 5C or 5S tips and tricks in the show notes for ep 285 over at today in iOS dot com.
And hey they even show the tip about finding the hidden level. So maybe they were not trying to hide that feature after all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eSrdgTHhK0&feature=youtu.be
And speaking of the 5S, 5C and 4S - there is a video up on youtube showing all the iPhones even made in a side by side comparison. Sadly it seems many in the blogis-phere only wanted to look at that fact that earlier version of the iPhone shut down quicker than the current versions - which seems more to do with the iOS versions - and nothing to do with the speed of the units. In the very brief comparison of real world use to a website - the 5S clearly smoked all the other devices. The video really should be looked at more for the entertainment value in seeing all the iPhones side by side and not as a comparison of speeds of units.
Look for the like titled - iPhone 5S vs 5C vs 5 vs 4S vs 4 vs 3Gs vs 3G vs 2G in the show notes for ep 285.
0023 - Apple settles class action lawsuit over termination of unlimited data for iPad 3G - SlashGear
Remember back to when the iPad first launched - and the cellular version was just on AT&T and if you got one of the early versions with cellular you could get an unlimited Data plan - and then AT&T changed the rules and you lost the unlimited Data plan - well of course the lawyers remember this - and one lawyer put in a class action suit against Apple and AT&T about the essentially bait and switch offer. And the lawyer won and Apple and AT&T lost - and if you were one of the early ones who purchased the GSM iPad before June 7th 2010 - you have $40 coming you way from Apple and AT&T- but probably not until some time in 2014. In all fairness to Apple - it was really AT&T that changed that plan offering and at the time based on Apples comments they were not exactly thrilled with that decision - I bet they are even less thrilled now they have to dish out some cash because of it.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/iphone-5c-will-sell-more-5s-models-than-the-iphone-5-ever-would-have/#p3
Thanks to Tash for this next one. Which is an article on ArsTechnica - which has a conspiracy theory - that the iPhone 5C's biggest goal from Apple is to drive people to buy the 5S - hence the main reason for getting rid of the 5.
I mean that is crazy speak - if that was really Apples goal - they would take the internals of the iPhone 5 and then wrap it in plastic - plastic that yells - Hey 1974 called and it wants its color deck back. Oh and maybe throw in some cheesy swish cheese type
covers that make you subconsciously want to play a game of connect four and watch All in the family. But Clearly that is not at All what Apple did - so yeah that myth is so busted.
Target discounting iPhone 5c to $49.99... or less | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Because if this Myth or theory was true Target, Walmart, Best Buy and Radioshack would not be selling the 5C for $50 off already would they.
Now what I did find interesting is all the coverage a site that no one ever heard of before said Apple was cutting production capacity on the 5C from 300,000 units a day to 150,000 units a day. This site was again a site no one seems to have heard of before and is in chinese. For all anyone knows this is a 12 year old kid in his mom's house blogging this. That aside - somehow have a production run of 150,000 units is looked at at bad. Especially since they were likely running at what ever their real initial rate was for at least a month - and likely close to 3 months. Based on rumors from the summer on when they said full production started.
So if they were at 300,000 units for 3 months - that is 27 mil units. And that means 150,000 units is 13.5 Mil in a quarter. Neither is chicken feed - and both are very respectable. Given that high end estimates put Q4 iPhone sales overall at 45 to 50 Mil units. So if 15 to 20 mil are iPhone 5C's - that sounds pretty darn impressive. Either way reports of dismal sales seems to be exaggerated if Apple is selling 15 Mil or more iPhone 5C's. Because in the past Apple said there was at least 50% of the top line iPhone sales and then a mix of the other units for the other 50% - and that mix seemed skewed towards the lower end unit.
Even at 50 mil units - sold in Q4 - if the 5C was 15 mil of that - and the 5S was 25 Mil - that means the 4S would only be 10 Mil - and that means the 5C is selling better than the 4S did vs the 4 last year.
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Translation of article:
Phone5C listing due to its high price , it has not been all good, until we got the news that Apple's internal sales for iPhone5C did not place too much hope , October 10 , we learned from insiders , because the actual dismal sales , Apple has begun to reduce iPhone5C capacity , average daily production was previously iPhone5C 300,000 , now reduced to 150,000 .
iPhone5C had previously been considered Apple for developing countries, especially China and India, the launch of low-cost version , but the actual sale price and iPhone5S almost the same, before iPhone5S, then iPhone5, as plastic body iPhone5C no particular highlights , it is difficult to attract users also natural .
Apple's products in the country are popular , the price can be seen directly from the channel , the current iPhone5S Taobao price is still relatively stable, but iPhone5C BNM has dropped to 3,500 yuan, or 4,488 yuan despite Apple's official .
iPhone5C poor sales for the consumer is not a bad thing, as we have seen the gray channel prices have dropped significantly over time , Apple iPhone5C price adjustment will fall into place !
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/12/is-the-iphone-5c-the-new-surface-rt.aspx
Hi Rob,
This article on Motley Fool is so bad. Clearly it was created as link bait - comparing the iPhone 5c to the Surface RT. He says that the 5c will sell "tens of millions", and then he says it may be this year's surface RT. What????
Kirby
Hi Kirby - Yeah anything that sells 10s of millions should not be compared to the Surface RT - 10s of units Yes - 10s of Million - nope. And as we just mentioned they are likely to sell over 15 mil 5C's in this quarter alone. Good to See Rick Munarriz putting the fool back in fool.com
http://www.zdnet.com/two-factors-reveal-apples-real-mission-with-iphone-5c-7000020669/
Thanks to Dr John M for this next one - And it is an article from ZDNET which I think does a nice job of going over what they think Apples real mission is with the iPhone 5C - and that in a nut shell is not about selling more iPhone 5S's - but rather it is about selling less iPod touches and reaching out to the kids getting their first smartphone. And that to me makes sense. The 5C is not something I would recommend to listeners of this show.
But I can see as a parent if you have a kid and they need a new phone or their first phone - getting them the cheaper iPhone 5C makes a lot of sense - it is not as likely to break as the 4S - and they don't really need the overkill of the 5S's A7 processor. They are likely making calls - sending texts - sending emails - taking pictures - and playing some games. Plus you want to have them on an iPhone so you as a parent can track where they are. Sorry kids - that is what good parents do. Will be interesting when Apple goes over their financials at the end of the month from last quarter if they say anything about the 5C sales.
iPhone 5s takes top slot from Samsung Galaxy S4 at U.S. carriers; good showing by 5c too | 9to5Mac
In the mean time all we have to go by are some sales estimates at US carriers by Canaccord for September. And guess what the iPhone 5S was number one at ALL four major US carriers. Shocker. But what was actually shocking is that the iPhone 5C was number 2 at AT&T and Sprint - and Number 3 at Verizon and T-Mobile. The Galaxy S4 was number 2 and 3 where the iPhone 5C was not. But that the 5C beat out the S4 at two carriers is saying the sales of the 5C are not horrible - unless you want to say the S4 sales are horrible as well. Again will be interesting to see what Apple says on October Monday October 28th at 5:00 PM ET when they have their next quarterly call. Strange that they are doing this call on a Monday - they are almost always on a Tuesday. And Apple has already warned - that they may exceed their previous guidance range when they report.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/australian-telcos-struggle-to-sell-iphone-5c-20130924-2ubc5.html#ixzz2fn1lpC00
Hi Rob,
I'm a blind listener so couldn't make sense of the graphs.
Not sure if this is too long for the show, but maybe you could summarise.
Regards,
Adam M
And this is per an article from SMH.com - which goes over that in Australia at least the iPhone 5C is not selling well at all - at least not at the telcos - and not according to Localytics - which shows a very small % of iPhones activated are 5C's vs those 5S's activated.
One report in the article said one of the telco's received 10,000 iPhone 5C's and they only sold 500 of them. No in fairness a representative of that telco said those numbers were incorrect. Incorrect of course could mean they received in 10,500 units and sold just 500 or it could mean the sold 501 units. Or it could mean it is way off - but it does seem from the article and from Localytic stats - at least in Australia - they are not a big fan of Plastic iPhones.
Again October 28th will be interesting.
iPhone gaining over Android in US, two-thirds of iOS users on Apple Maps
Interesting numbers from Comscore - in the 3 month period ending in August - in the US - iPhone market share went up. From 39.2% in the quarter ending in May to 40.7% in the quarter ending in August. And android dropped between those periods as well. Again that is in the US - but still leading up to the pending release of a new iPhone - you would expect a drop off in iPhone market share - not a gain. Will be interesting to see the numbers for the end of November when they do their next pull of data.
IPhone Still Tops Android in Shopping, Thrillist CEO Says - Bloomberg
Love reports about smartphone users activities - with iOS vs Android - because at the end of the day - market share is meaning less if all people on Android side do is make calls and send texts.
This time the report comes from Ben Lerer CEO of online publisher - Thrillist Media Group. He stated the iPhone generates 90% of mobile revenue at his company.
This disparity in mobile shopping led them to develop a higher quality app for iOS.
Jeremy Levine of Bessemer Ventures Partners said quote IPhone users simply spend more time on their phones, I see it across Yelp, Pinterest, LinkedIn unquote
And this news should be shocking to no one listening to this show. As I always said - People Get Android smarphones in general because they need a phone and people in General get and iPhone - because they need more than a phone.
Apple’s Jony Ive: ‘I Would Love, Love, Love, To Show You What We Are Working On Now’
When I was a kid my Mom would go out on the day after Christmas during the sales and buy us Christmas gifts for the next year. She would then come home later that day after shopping and say - Oh I bought you some really nice things for next year. Wow - 364 days to wait - wonder and imagine - Not saying it was child abuse - but definitely a session or two of therapy could be focused on those December 26th comments. I bring this up because Sir Jony just one N Ive did a recent interview with USA Today in which he said quote - “I would love, love, love to show you what we are working on now, but I’d lose my job, un-quote
Thanks Jony - I would love love love for you to show me to.
Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22 - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD
But at least according to All Things D and a few other sites - October 22nd may be the next time we get to see some of the things Sir Jony had been working on in the recent past.
This means Invites should be going out to the press on Tuesday of this coming week - give or take a day.
The real questions is will that event be iPads or Mavericks and new Apple Lap Tops or a combo of both.
I really need a Mac Book Pro with no fan. That is what I need as a podcaster - a Mac Book Pro that makes as much noise as an iPad - which is none.
Most of the money right now is betting this event at a Min will be the new iPad 5th gen. Most also expect a new iPad mini as well.
Based on what I am seeing on photos and video of leaked cases - what we should see at a min is a new iPad 5th gen - it will be in a case design that looks more like the iPad mini does now. Which means it will not be as wide - with the side bezel in portrait mode being thinner like with the mini. It would also have stereo speakers at the bottom and it would be thinner than the current iPad 4th gen. Additionally there would likely be two colors - White/silver and Space Grey.
Internally rumors say it will be an A7X processor - not sure that is a rumor as much as it is speculation / educated guess / no-brainer. So yes the iPad 5th gen should be a 64 Bit machine.
The camera is also supposed to get a bump - some suggesting it will get basically the same camera that is in the 5S. That seems extreme - but hey why not. They need to do something to differentiate from the 4th gen iPad - and a much better camera might be something one or two users want. Sorry I still feel like a dork anytime I try to use my wifes iPad to take a photo. The 5th gen iPad should also have touch ID. Essentially it would be picking up many if not most features from the 5S.
I think most of these rumors are likely for the 5th gen iPad Maxi.
Some other rumors are there might be a larger iPad - an iPad Maxi Mondo if you would - coming in at 12 or 13 inches. I don't know if this is the generation / year for this - maybe next year - and maybe introduced around WWDC - with launch in time for the back to College season. But not likely this year - this announcement.
There are also some rumors about there being a redesigned Smart Cover for the iPad 5th gen - with it having just 3 folds instead of 4 - yeah articles like that are why I need to drink 5 hour energy drinks now just to get through the show notes. Really 3 folds instead of 4 - how the heck does that justify 1000 words. What I would like to see is a keyboard in the cover like on the surface RT. Some more features in the cover is what I like - 3 folds - really.
Now where the rumors really start to go all over the place is when we talk about the next Gen iPad mini. Let quickly go over some of the latest rumors leading up to the event and then give my thoughts.
The rumor makers say the iPad Mini will or will not have a retina display or it will have a retina display but will not be announced at this months event and not announced until late Q1 2014.
Rumors say it will or will not have a touch ID. It will or will not have an A7 processor.
It will come in Gold / Silver and Space Grey.
It will have the same camera at the 5S.
It will print money and cure cancer and help the cubs win the world series.
Ok maybe not that last one - but I have seen some people say it will have the A7x 64 bit processor, Retina display, touch ID and 8 Mega Pixel camera all in the same breath - with out busting out into laughter.
I just don't see that happening - not anywhere near the price point of today's iPad Mini. Why - Because I think Apple showed us with the iPhone 5C - they are more interested in Margins then they are in market share. And Yes putting all those features into the mini at current price points would increase market share - it would also kill margins for the iPad line and essentially kill the iPad Maxi or at a min force Apple to reduce its price and margins as well.
My thoughts are Apple does need to make some changes to the mini. But I don't think we will see the A7 processor - and that also means likely we will not see touch ID. It will likely be the A6 processor - and possible the A6X - which would mean a retina display. I am still having a hard time accepting the retina display for the mini - something tells me it will not happen because battery life is more important to Apple. But you also need to put some gap between the iPad mini gen 1 and gen 2. And while I think the 8 MP camera is likely - I don't think going with just the 8 MP camera and the A6 processor along with a gold / silver and Space Grey version will be welcomed by the masses as a good upgrade. And definitely not accepted by the tech press.
If I had to put money down on what I think will happen of all the scenarios. I think the iPad Mini does not get updated in 2013. But some time Q1 or Q2 - it is updated and at that time it gets the A6X processor and Retina display. But still not the touch ID or the A7 Processor.
Scenario 2 is it is announced on the 22nd - it is just the A6 processor - and the 8 MP camera - with the new Gold / Silver / Space Grey colors - and a slightly lower price - going to $299 - but no retina display or A7.
Looks like I have some work to do for the next rumor bingo card.
I will say this - I would like to get an iPad Mini - but if the 5th gen iPad Maxi is an A7 64 bit processor and the 2nd gen iPad mini is the A6 32 bit processor - I will go with the Maxi - and not the Mini - it is that clear cut for me. I want the next purchase to be with the processor I can get the longest life out of - and I am thinking a couple of years from now I would regret getting a device with the A6 processor when I could have gotten one with an A7 - even if the price difference is what it is now.
Hey Rob,
As I prepared to package up my jailbroken iPhone 4s and ship it out to the ebay winner, I found these two links helpful for resetting my device and wiping the content without destroying the jailbreak or even needing a computer.
http://www.hackurideviceblog.com/2013/05/how-to-restore-ios-6126116160260160.html
Regards,
David M
Hi David - thanks for the heads up on those links - folks look for the two links titled how to restore iOS 6.1.2 without losing jailbreak. One is a post and one is a youtube video. Links of course are at today in iOS dot com for ep 285.
And keeping that jailbreak helps get you more money when selling your iOS device - while wiping the data is well definitely needed prior to giving it over to someone that found you via craigslist.
Jessica Alba Caught With An iPhone - Business Insider
Remember last year when Jessica Alba was doing ads for Microsoft's Windows Phone. Well seems Jessica does not either. As she has been seen recently out and about with her iPhone and taking pics at a runway fashion show. Per MS part they said her contract expired in May and that Ms Alba still quote uses her lumia phone from time to time. unquote. Camera pans slowly left to show Ms Alba's lumia propping up the table leg in her kitchen.
It is funny you have MS going with Ms Alba and Blackberry that went with Alicia Keys - and all they showed was celebs will go back to what they love the most - and in those cases it was the iPhone and in both cases it just turned into a stronger celeb endorsement for the iPhone then it did for either of the products they were paid to endorse.
Why do these companies go out and hire celebrities that are not already using their products. Why don't they just go and find a celebrity or two that are real users of their products and do the campaigns around them. I heard a rumor Nick Lachey and Bristol Palin are using a Windows Phone.
Or I guess the Windows Phone team could just create a bunch of hilarious viral videos making fun of Apple - yeah that could work.
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/microsoft-offering-350-gift-cards-nonmicrosoft-device/
Speaking of Microsoft - I mention this next one not because I want you to take them up on the offer but rather to point out how desperate MS is getting. Seems Microsoft is giving you up to $350 when you trade in your old iPad or iPhone to get a new Windows Phone or Tablet. Ummm Yeah - while they are at it they are also offering to cut you with paper and squeeze lemon juice into the wounds - that they will do for no cost at all.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/09/21/blackberry-postpones-bbm-ios-android-app-rollout/2848177/
So Blackberry first announced on Sep 18th that BBM - Blackberry Messenger would be released for iOS and Android for the weekend of sep 21st and then they announced that it was delayed. Of course in between those two announcements Blackberry also announced that they are laying off 4,500 employees. My guess is they had some issue more important to deal with then releasing BBM for the two platforms that combined were driving the nails into its coffin. Yeah this is one of those stories that got pushed from the last episode - can you tell. Yup best time to kick someone is when they are down.
Qualcomm: Apple’s 64-bit A7 Processor Is Not A “Marketing Gimmick”
Oh from the how wrong are they category comes the quote from Qualcomm's CMO Anand Chandrasekher who said the A7 was just a marketing Gimmick and that there is zero benefit to consumers.
So how wrong was he - well besides the bench mark tests where the 5S smoked every device running a 32 bit snapdragon processor - some running at 2x the clocks speed and with more ram. There was also Qualcomm's own PR department that essentially picked Mr Chandrasekher up and chucked him under the first bus that passed by. The PR department at Qualcomm said quote “The comments made by Anand Chandrasekher, Qualcomm CMO, about 64-bit computing were inaccurate,” unquote
The under the bus placement of Mr Chandrasekher was probably not just because Qualcomm is a big customer of Apples - but also more than likely that Qualcomm is pretty far along on their road map to get out a 64 bit mobile processor - and well all the money they spent on it and the efforts their sales team will do on selling it to the likes of Samsung are not best served by someone at Qualcomm saying it is all a marketing gimmick - even if that was true - which clearly based on benchmark tests - it is not.
Samsung Says Next Smartphones Will Be 64-Bit - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD
Samsung after the announcement of the iPhone 5S with the A7 64 bit processor said - Hey we will be making a smartphone with a64 bit processor soon too.
Well of course they will - This is the company that was slavishly coping Apple products at every turn. But then its not like they are releasing a Gold colored Smartphone. Nope - they are releasing two gold colored smartphones. Really - no kidding.
Gazelle saw 210% more Samsung trade-ins during iPhone 5s launch weekend | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Hey speaking of Sammy handsets - Gazelle saw a 210% increase in people selling Sammy smartphones during the iPhone 5S launch weekend vs a year ago launch weekend. Seems some people are moving on up to the iPhone 5S and the iOS ecosystem - and shedding the burdens of Malware and outdated OS's builds.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/7/4814422/eric-schmidt-says-android-is-more-secure-than-iphone
One thing I love about Eric Schmidt - is that he is always good for a face palm type quote every couple of quarters. And the latest one comes from a gartner conference when asked about Android and it not being secure he said the following:
quote not secure? It's more secure than the iPhone unquote
PLAY QUOTE FROM THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Now in fairness - I think we should play the whole exchange that took place - here it is.
THEN PLAY AUIDO.
I love the audible laughter you can hear in the background. Mind you this was not a conference of tech journalist or lay people - this was a Gartner IT conference - those in the audience are very tech aware and knowledgeable people and they found the comments funny - as in the same way looking back we find it funny when Eric Schmidt said in late 2011 that by the summer of 2012 the majority of TV's in stores would have Google TV embedded. or also in late 2011 when he said in 6 months time the majority of developers would be developing for Android before iOS.
Seems Mr Schmidt is picking up the baton left behind by Mr Balmer for mind numbing quotes. And as a podcaster covering iOS - I have to say thank you Mr Schmidt - you make my job easier and more fun. But I do have one request - next time - save those type of quotes to the lulls we have in-between iOS product announcements. I mean this would have been a great quote in mid December or early Feb. Just sayin.
More blood on Apple iPhone’s Multi-Touch screen: Panasonic pulls plug on smartphones – MacDailyNews - Welcome Home
Some news on the Smartphone competitor front - Panasonic has thrown in the towel. Seems the lack of Profits probably had something to do with it. As that is a pretty common issue for most Android smartphone manufacturers. Panasonic said they are going back to just making Feature phones - you know the clamshell type. Seems there is still a niche in Japan at least that are loyal to those devices. Of course that is a country where they sell more adult diapers than diapers for children. So I am guessing that market for feature phones is suffering some lets call it churn issues.
Hi Rob,
I am writing you just to let you know I bought squaretrade warranties for two iPhone 5s' that are now part of my family. Used squaretrade.com/tii and got a fabulous discount! Thanks much for all you do for us!
Regards,
Sergio
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Hello Rob,
I live in the UK and am thinking of upgrading from a 3GS to the new 5s when the dust has settled and they are freely available.
The 5s bought in USA is £160 cheaper than the same phone in the UK. Could you tell me if I buy a 5s in USA will it be fully functional in the UK? If so what do I need to look out for?
Love the show. I have been a listener for nearly 4 years now ever since getting my first iPhone.
Nev :-)
Hi Rob,
I'm planning on going to Italy next year. I've heard that a Verizon phones work on the carriers in Europe, and want to know if I should get an unlocked Verizon phone or if a subsidized Verizon phone would work as well.
- Jessi
Hi Rob,
I upgraded to iOS 7 this afternoon. The only issue I had was I had to manually turn off my iPhone and restart it before the 'App Search' feature would work.
Regards,
Dan
Hi Rob,
Just finished upgrading my iPhone 5 and iPad mini. After downloading update wirelessly I had to do the 2nd verification of the download install about 20 times on each device before it would install . It seems flawless so far. I am actually like it. I thought it was to cartoony in all the preview articles.
David L
East Brunswick Nj
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Hi Rob,
OS 7 was just release today and all I have to say is it's great. I enjoy the new look and feel of iOS 7. Apple did it right this time
Regards,
Mike L
Hi Rob,
Per iOS 7 - Wow, this is going to take some getting use to.
Regards,
-Luke
Hi Rob,
With all the attention for 'the look' that went into IOS7 Why, Oh Why did they pick a Kitchen Fan Exhaust Cover as the symbol for Settings?? C'mon, you know that's what it looks like!
Regards,
Steve R
Long Realty Foothills
Hi Rob,
Where is the control for Cellular data in iOS 7 - it used to be in Settings - Then General - then Cellular.
Regards,
Keith
Hi Keith,
In iOS 7 - Apple moved your cheese - or at least the Cellular settings - and if it had teeth it would have bit you. Not that cheese has teeth. Now it us under Settings - then Cellular - Yup not in General anymore - and Cellular is right up at the top - under Airplane mode / wifi / bluetooth you will then see Cellular. Apple bundled the controls for all wireless items together - as they should be. Was kind of a bad choice on where it was previously.
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0045 - Structure Sensor: Capture the World in 3D by Occipital — Kickstarter
This week for a kickstarter project there is one called the Structure Sensor - two words. It is to be used to capture images in 3D. It connects to your mobile iOS device so you can capture 3D maps of indoor spaces. You can capture 3D models of object for 3D printing. This one had a goal of $100,000 - like I said HAD - it blew by that and is over $930,000 and counting and this one has until November 1st at 11:39 AM ET for you to get in on the action.
Pricing on this is for the low low price of $349 - and that is for the Structure Sensor for iPad. If you are interested in 3D printing this is one you will want to check out - search for Structure Sensor - 2 words at kickstarter dot com or in the show notes for ep 285 at today in iOS at gmail dot com.
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/09/10/apple-appears-to-have-quitetly-discontinued-its-cards-app/
Hi Rob,
I read on my mailing list (haven’t confirmed it) that apparently the Cards app which Apple made such a big deal about at the iOS 5 event apparently is gone.
By the way, thanks for being so fair about mentioning accessibility on your show.
Regards,
Sieghard
Hi Sieghard - Yup - the Cards app needs a sympathy card sent its way - I confirmed this with my contact inside Hallmark it is indeed dead - Hallmark is the company that did the actual printing and management of the Cards App for Apple - and they said it just never took off - and they were not surprised Apple killed it.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57604058-37/apple-pulls-apple-tv-update-amid-bricking-complaints/
Hi Rob,
The Apple TV update was released last night. I haven't had a good look at it yet but it did brick one of my two Apple Tv's. The 3rd Gen went into DFU mode and wants the micro USB cable to connect to iTunes. My 2nd gen updated perfectly fine.
Issue with this is - apple didn't supply that cable with the device when purchased (I have nothing else that uses it) so I will have to go out and buy one to figure out what happened.
Regards,
Orland
Hi Orland - Yup as you found out the hard way Apple had a little issue with their update for 2nd and 3rd gen Apple TV's as in some of the Apple TV's were getting bricked and you needed to get a cord and connect it to your computer to un-brick it - Dooohhh.
Apple the Pulled that update - fixed the issue and has since re-released the update. So if you had not updated - you are good to do so now. What is new in the update.
Well quite a bit.
iTunes radio for starters is now on Apple TV - which I like. And if you like the music you hear - you can now purchase music directly from the iTunes music store from your Apple TV.
iCloud Photos and Videos are now added to your shared photo stream.
There is AirPlay from iCloud where you use your iOS device to play videos from iTunes in the cloud.
You can now also sync your podcasts and podcast stations across Apple TV and all your iOS devices.
So some nice new updates for Apple TV - if you can get past that whole bricking the device issue.
Again - now it is safe to update your Apple TV.
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Hi Rob this is Jeff from Cincinnati ohio and it is 3am in the morning here. We'll I just ordered a 16 gig iphone 5s in silver from the apple store and it took about 1 minute.
It will ship in 1 to 3 days and I should have it by sept 30 - October 1
Regards,
Sleepy Jeff
Good morning Rob,
Just ordered 2 iPhone 5s' online. One gold 32 GB AT&T, and one space grey 32 GB AT&T. There was no option to pickup them up at the store at least in my area. The gold one is available to ship in 7 to 10 days, the "black" one is available to ship in 1 to 3 days. The Apple Store was very responsive. I ordered online from my computer with no problems.
Regards,
Sergio from Austin, TX
Hi Rob,
I ordered my Verizon 5s online at 12:01 and got 1-3 days shipping. As of 12:25 all the gold models were estimating shipping in October. There are still good shipping times on grey and silver models.
regards,
Michael from Seattle
Hi Rob,
When I was in line at the AT&T store I was there until about 11:30 PM and the AT&T manager stopped and asked which model I wanted. I told her the Gold 64gb model. She then said she could save me the disappointment and time waiting in line. They only had the black/grey in 64gb. I then decided to go home and try ordering online. I ordered one from Apple. Thank you to Rebecca for saving me a bunch of trouble.
Wanted to let u know the outcome. I hope I get it quicker from Apple then I would have if I ordered it from AT&T. Kudos to Rebecca (Manager of the AT&T Store). We don't have a Apple store in town yet. They have not finished putting one in our Battlefield Mall.
-David D.-
Hi Rob, long time listener I have called the show before, long time ago that is.
Just to let you know this morning I went to the apple store in the palisades mall (NY) there was like 120 people in line around 8:15am the apple employees came out and said we have black and only black and for ATT only 16/32GB so I left.
Now at the ATT store in Clifton NJ there is like 30 people they said you can have any color as long as is black lol. But at least they do have 64GB black that is.
The manager said that they send a white phone for display and no Gold model not even for display.
I was looking for gold or maybe silver but I will buy a black one since I have 30 days to exchange.
Also a friend of mine is a manager at a different ATT Store and he told me yesterday that all if the NY and NJ area only got black 5s I didn't believe him but now I do :(
Regards,
Delvi A
From NJ
Rob,
Today I picked up a 64g black 5s. Fortunately, being in a small town I was able to walk up to the door and be the 5th person in line at 8 when they opened.
Transitioning from the 4s and I am very impressed. The speed increase of just opening an app in comparison, almost gave me whip lash. Not to mention how fast it was able to restore over 4,000 songs and who knows how many apps (total of 32g of information). I don't know if that is all thanks to the a7 but I don't care, because I love it. I was very doubtful about a finger print reader. However, after reapplying my thumb over 20 times to make sure it gets every edge and detail, my outlook has changed.
Where is the innovation? Just kidding. Coming from a 4s there is enough innovation to keep this guy happy for another two years.
Regards,
2LT Mason C
United States Army
I'm so ticked.
In Panama City FL I called just about every store that sells iPhone, no GOld iPhone. Not one was shipped. Verizon could not even order a gold phone. The system was down. Most stores received limited white and some black.
I called apple, waited for 6min and ordered two gold, 16gig and 32gig. Say ship time is Nov 5th.
This sucks
Regards,
Jim f
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0065 - iTunes 11.1 Kills Custom IPSWs for iOS 7, Claims Hacker - IBTimes UK
For jail breakers out there - It looks like iTunes 11.1 and later are reportedly killing custom IPSW for the lasted version of iOS 7. What does this mean - well if you have an older device that is jailbroken you may / probably want to hold off upgrading iTunes - as if you need to rejailbreak - depending on the method you use - you might not be able to.
It may also mean it will be a little longer before an iOS 7 jailbreak is available as that adds one more thing the jailbreak teams need to work around.
When will we see a jailbreak for iOS 7 for the masses - is a question I get a lot. And the answer so far is not soon enough but also not any time soon - definitely not this month - and maybe not until 2014.
@planetbeing from the evaders team said the may have all the pieces needed - but not that they did. And Pod2G quickly followed up that even with all the pieced it may take a while and is long road. So for now - just realize there is not an untethered publicly available jailbreak for iOS 7 - so don't believe anything you might see looking like a press release or post for a site claiming to have a jailbreak especially if they are asking for money - there are a lot of scams that go on about jailbreaking when there is a new OS released. never pay to jailbreak. That is the best advice I can offer for now - that and be patient - it does look like this year they are ahead of where they were last year at this point.
http://mobilizer.instapaper.com/m?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fapple-offers-last-compatible-versions-of-ios-apps-for-1332363677
Thanks to Sieghard for the heads up on this next one - which I don't think we mentioned yet - at least I could not see it made it on a past episode - as this kept getting bumped. But Apple is now making older versions of Apps available to devices running older version of iOS. So if you have an iPhone 3GS and are stuck at iOS 6.1.x - and an app updates to where you need iOS 7 or later - and if there was a version of the app available that allowed iOS 6 or later - that would be the version made available to your device running iOS 6.1.x Engadget is reporting on an older iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2.1 - it was able to download a version of Instagram that works with iOS 4.2.1. This is good news for all you like me that passed old iPhones down to your kids to use as iPod touches. This is a nice customer service feature added by Apple. Kudos to them.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/30/delta-pilots-fought-against-deal-to-replace-ipad-flight-bags-with-microsoft-surface
It sucks to be a delta pilot. No Delta did not get rid of the Max Weight limit for Flight Attendents - as that would be a down right tragedy. But rather - something almost as bad. Seems Delta's IT department decided against the wishes of the Pilots - to go ahead and get in bed with MS and to go and sign an agreement to bring MS Surface tablets into the cockpit. Unlike American Airlines and Jetblue that already have the iPad in the cockpit - where they replaced flight bags weighing in at 40 pounds or more - Delta said they are ordering 11,000 Tablets from Microsoft and not Apple - in an apparent Marketing coup for MS - well that was right up until the part when the Delta pilots started bitching and saying Delta's IT department is in bed with MS and that the pilots fought hard for the iPad. And then all marketing buzz was lost. Now it seems they Delta will not be getting these tablets for another 2 years - because well the Surface is not actually qualified to be in the cockpit - kind of a small detail. So I guess Delta Pilots can cross there fingers and hope the Surface will fail - Which I guess is better then the one finger the Pilots seem to think their IT department was raising towards them.
Need to watch out for companies where the IT department forgets that their employees are their client and someone they need to listen to - rather than someone they can dictate to.
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Hi Rob,
What is going on with this app?
I can not clear the 5000+ "New/incoming" mail and I have tried to "mark as read" but it will comeback with 4 to 5000+ new, it's getting to be very annoying.
Any thoughts or suggestions.
Regards,
Loren from Colorado
Hi Rob,
Native Apple apps are crashing a lot on my iPhone 5S. Are you hearing about this from others?
Regards,
Michael
Hi Michael - I am hearing about this from other blogs where people are reporting a blue screen of death for the iPhone 5S - I personally have not seen this - and for me I don't notice many crashes - a few - but nothing overly annoying or more than I can remember before.
And I am not hearing about it from users much. But folks if you are seeing a lot of crashes on your iPhone 5S - especially the blue screen of death - let me know - 206-666-6364 - thats 206-moon-dog - or send an email to today in iOS at gmail dot com.
Hi Rob,
Possibly everyone else had already known this or may be ok with it,
but I have realized, to my disappointment, that ITunes radio is really
nothing more than a collection of static pre compiled play lists. They
play the same songs in the same order each time. If you choose one of
the top ones or if you create a station from an artist name the same
thing happens. It plays the pre compiled play list. Sure it is free
access to those tunes played in full length and that is an advantage
and an easy wy to discover and purchase them and I guess that is
entirely the point. I'm just a little disappointed it is nothing more
than a collection of play lists though.
Regards,
Jim
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/08/samsung-import-ban/2944403/
Hi Rob,
FYI and please give your thoughts on how US import ban on some Samsung devices being upheld is different from when Apple's products being banned were overturned by President Obama.
Thanks,
Dr. John M
Hi John well it is a Big difference. A huge difference a major fundamental mindblowingly different situation.
The Samsung Patent in question - was a "standards essential Patent" and was under the guidelines of FRAND - which Samsung was clearly violating and the ITC should never ever have granted that verdict against Apple. PERIOD.
It was a very bad decision by the ITC and hence why it was the first one over turned by a President since President Regan back in the 80's.
The one for the Samsung - is not about standards essential patents - but rather technology patents - that clearly Samsung was in violation of. Now whether some of those patents should have been granted is another story - like the rounded corners. But others - like the snap back and accelerated scrolling those - are legit and Sammy definitely "slavishly" copied those. And well in later devices of Sammy units they designed around those patents. But early devices - the ones banned - which are not for sale for the most part anyway - those clearly violated Apples technology patents - and that is why it was upheld - it was not about protectionism - it was about two completely different scenarios.
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